PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Donovan McNabb has the Philadelphia
Eagles on the verge of another division title.

McNabb threw three touchdown passes as the Eagles ran their
winning streak to eight games and clinched a playoff berth with
a 36-10 rout of the Dallas Cowboys.

Sparked by McNabb, the Eagles (10-3) returned to the playoffs
for the fourth straight season and moved two games ahead of the
Cowboys (8-5) in the NFC East with three games left.

"Everything that we've been through early in the year and up
until this point, has been a little different," said McNabb, who
completed 19-of-35 passes for 248 yards. "But it's always
promising to know that we stayed together, stayed
confident amongst each other."

The Eagles' winning streak is their longest single-season run
since 1980, the last time they reached the Super Bowl.

McNabb, who came under criticism earlier this season when the
Eagles started 0-2, again made all the huge plays for his team.
He had a 16-yard touchdown pass to running back Brian Westbrook
in the second quarter, then saved his best for the second half
when the Eagles outscored the Cowboys, 26-0.

McNabb tossed a five-yard TD pass to running back Duce Staley in
the third quarter, snapping a 10-10 tie. He also found rookie
tight end L.J. Smith from six yards early in the fourth,
extending the margin to 26-10.

Correll Buckhalter added 115 yards rushing, including a 64-yard
touchdown late in the fourth quarter for the Eagles, who beat
the Cowboys for the fifth straight time at home. They have won
the last three meetings here by a combined 120-41.

Meanwhile, it was a struggle for Quincy Carter, who threw two
second-half interceptions. He also had a snap go through his
hands in the third quarter, resulting in a safety.

Carter completed 15-of-24 passes for just 93 yards and one
touchdown. He failed to complete a pass to his talented
receiving trio of Joey Galloway, Terry Glenn and Antonio Bryant.

Cowboys coach Bill Parcells attempted to take some pressure of
his young quarterback by featuring the run against an Eagles
defense that had allowed four straight 100-yard rushers.

In the first half, it appeared Parcells' strategy was the right
one as the Cowboys rushed for 106 yards. But they managed just
44 yards on the ground after intermission.

"I was happy about the way the first half went," Parcells said.
"I thought we had a chance if we could do something in the
second half. We didn't do anything, except self destruct. The
second half was just awful. There was nothing but penalties and
turnovers."

On the first possession of the second half, the Cowboys were
faced with a 3rd-and-5 at their own 33 when Carter threw an
ill-advised pass to his right that was intercepted by cornerback
Sheldon Brown.

"I should have thrown the ball away and did not," Carter said.
"It is something that I have to learn from and that is not to
throw the ball into tight coverage. I should of thrown the ball
away on their side of the field and it went downhill for me
after that."

The Eagles converted the turnover into the go-ahead score when
McNabb shoveled a pass to Staley on 3rd-and-goal from the 5. The
TD was set up on a pass interference penalty on cornerback Mario
Edwards on 3rd-and-10 from the 27.

The Cowboys have surrendered 76 points in losing their last two
games. They were coming off a 40-21 loss to Miami on
Thanksgiving.